diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/default.nix
index 7e172f279d44..b2c2335db0b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/default.nix
@@ -98,9 +98,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ]
     ++ lib.optional (enableGL || enableX11) copyDesktopItems
+    ++ lib.optional (stdenv.isDarwin && (enableGL || enableX11)) desktopToDarwinBundle
     ++ lib.optionals (enableCxx || enablePython) [ python3 python3.pkgs.setuptools python3.pkgs.libclang ]
     ++ lib.optionals (enablePython) [ which swig ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ desktopToDarwinBundle fixDarwinDylibNames xcbuild ];
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ fixDarwinDylibNames xcbuild ];
 
   buildInputs = [ freetype harfbuzz openjpeg jbig2dec libjpeg gumbo ]
     ++ lib.optionals enableX11 [ libX11 libXext libXi libXrandr ]
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     done
   '';
 
-  desktopItems = [
+  desktopItems = lib.optionals (enableGL || enableX11) [
     (makeDesktopItem {
       name = pname;
       desktopName = pname;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/img2pdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/img2pdf/default.nix
index 1a69525d8438..2dc389f70ecc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/img2pdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/img2pdf/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 , exiftool
 , ghostscript
 , imagemagick
-, mupdf
+, mupdf-headless
 , netpbm
 , numpy
 , poppler_utils
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     exiftool
     ghostscript
     imagemagick
-    mupdf
+    mupdf-headless
     netpbm
     numpy
     poppler_utils
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pikepdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pikepdf/default.nix
index 788c195d5d61..386f64718eb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pikepdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pikepdf/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 , jbig2dec
 , deprecated
 , lxml
-, mupdf
+, mupdf-headless
 , numpy
 , packaging
 , pillow
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./paths.patch;
       jbig2dec = lib.getExe' jbig2dec "jbig2dec";
-      mutool = lib.getExe' mupdf "mutool";
+      mutool = lib.getExe' mupdf-headless "mutool";
     })
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d9297b779ed8..3e947c188f8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   desktopToDarwinBundle = makeSetupHook {
     name = "desktop-to-darwin-bundle-hook";
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ writeDarwinBundle librsvg imagemagick python3Packages.icnsutil ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ writeDarwinBundle librsvg imagemagick_light python3Packages.icnsutil ];
   } ../build-support/setup-hooks/desktop-to-darwin-bundle.sh;
 
   keepBuildTree = makeSetupHook {
@@ -34215,6 +34215,10 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   mupdf = callPackage ../applications/misc/mupdf { };
+  mupdf-headless = mupdf.override {
+    enableX11 = false;
+    enableGL = false;
+  };
   mupdf_1_17 = callPackage ../applications/misc/mupdf/1.17 { };
 
   muso = callPackage ../applications/audio/muso {